The contract is sparse on details: Even the unit price and total value of the contract are redacted in full. But the contract does detail that VUPEN sold the NSA, in a no-bid contract, "Binary Analysis and Exploits Service 12 months subscription."

The company might need the local bodies to drum up more work: The contract sent over was signed Sept. 14, 2012 and only ran for a year. The contract did not include any indication that it was being renewed. There is a bright spot, however, in that the market for services offered by VUPEN and others is rapidly expanding, as Bekrar himself noted: